Finance Officer
RTI International
Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months
Financial responsibilities:
• Manages local banking transactions
• Aids in accomplishing both internal and client (Environmental Agency - Abu Dhabi) financial deliverables of the project
• Implements and continuously drafts and improves Abu Dhabi Branch’s financial policies in accordance with organizational policies and procedures
• Provides supply chain/procurement support (setting up PO, subcontract and consultant agreements using RTI online systems)
• Provides financial reports required by the project management team
• Assists in Annual Budgets for EAD contract in collaboration with project financial analyst
• Aids and acts as the local point of contact for Annual internal and external audits of project / branch financials
• Reviews local expenses before they are routed for project manager’s payment approval - bank or petty cash payments
• Coordinates with HO Tax Department on Abu Dhabi Branch’s VAT issues and/or requirements and Reviews Tax Invoices for correctness
• Oversees expenses entry into RTI financial systems and ensuring they are being booked to correct general ledger accounts and charge codes and has proper supporting documentation in accordance with RTI matrices (Feb 2016 to Present), Entered local expense, receipts, and journal entries into RTI financial systems ensuring that they are being booked to correct general ledger accounts and charge codes and is properly supported (2012 to Jan 2016) to maintain 100% monthly accounting compliance
• Reviews and approves the monthly reconciliation (Feb 2016 to Present) Reconciles bank, petty cash and general ledger accounts and submits monthly reports to head office (2012 to Jan 2016)
• Supervises and continuously trains local accounting/bookkeeping contractor
• Calculates monthly accruals relating to subcontract and/or consultants and employee costs (vacations, insurance, end of service, etc.)
• Coordinates financial activities between project staff and corporate office
• Reviews reports for IEP’s other smaller projects/offices
HR and Operations Support responsibilities:
• Provides ad hoc HR and Operational support and advice to HR/Operations Officer and staff
• Coordinates office IT requirements, purchases, vehicle supervision, traffic fines and office maintenance with Operations and IT Officer
• Assists local based US Expats in the calculation of their taxable expenses in coordination with HO Payroll
• Aids Operations Officer in facilitating local and international travels of RTI Abu Dhabi staff
• Assists in business development in the UAE through preparation of documents required for bid bond requests and coordination with RTI Treasury
• Continuously drafts and improves RTI local SOPs
• Contributed in drafting the RTI Abu Dhabi Employee Handbook
• Updated Employee Files/Records and maintained staff’s leave files/records (until March 2015)
• Prepared Monthly Payroll, Leave Salaries, Pension including submission to authority and End of service benefits calculations (Until March 2015)
• Liaised with Ministry of Labor and Pension Authority in coordination with PRO (until March 2015)
Specialization: Sales, Reports & Receivables Analysis
Sales & Report Specialist, responsible for:
• Collecting & following-up reports from clients (Telecom Operators)
• Uploading sales reports in the ERP to build the Sales and Cost of Sales GL
• Processing reports received in formats required by external (Content Providers) & Internal parties (Management & content team)
• Preparing ad-hoc sales and analysis reports as may be required by management
• Monitoring end user prices, revenue shares, exchange rates & taxes of different telecom operators in different regions and updating the database as well
• Monitoring changes in contract to reflect the revenue share of Content Providers and other copyright matters
• Ensuring that the Financials are aligned with the Contracts' Provisions
• Ensuring that sales and cost of sales GL are accurate and updated
• Invoicing & Following-up payments from Clients and ensures that Receivable Turnover is maintained in a favorable level
• Proper recording and application of cash, management of outstanding invoices, and direct interfacing with customers on collection matters and dispute resolution.
• Acts as a respondent for more than 300 Content Providers (artists, labels, singers) with regards to their sales report in different territories
Accountant, responsible for:
• Supporting Management by providing timely and accurate payment and account standing information
• Preparing checks, tele-transfers, payment vouchers & receipt vouchers
• Enters transactions in the ERP (accounting system)
• Perform Journal entries and month-end reports for Accounts Payable and Receivables
• Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, expense vouchers, receipts, accounts payable). Enters data into the ERP
• Compiling data and preparing a variety of reports
• Investigating questionable data
• Attending to different tasks assigned by the Finance Manager
Key Achievements: Cum Laude with GPA of 1.43 (96.00) First Honor in College Level & Second in University Level Awarded as One of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines - Region 3 Level AYALA Young Leader – Ayala Group of Companies SGV & Co. (Ernst and Young) Academic Excellence Award Outstanding JPIAn (Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants) Other Achievements: Consistent Outstanding Accountancy Student (Dean’s Lister) Consistent Outstanding JPIA Officer Consistent Academic Scholar Top 8, Professional Review and Training Center Mock Board Exam (February 2010) Outstanding JPIAn – National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (February 2010) 3rd Place Provincial General Information Quiz Bee (YMCA) (October 2008) 2nd Placer Philippine Financial Reporting Standards Quiz Bee (September 2008) Champion of Business Essay Writing Contest for 4 years Best Debating Team Member (November 2007) Champion of Basic Accounting Wizard (January 2007) Extemporaneous Reflection Contest Champion (2007) Feasiblity Study: Putting up Seven Eleven (Convenience Store) in San Leonardo Nueva Ecija Trainee Accountant at Internal Audit Department of Wesleyan General Hospital Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines October 2008 to April 2009 *Commended by my immediate supervisor and was given a rating of 100.